Reaction of [PdCl 2 (cod)] with a tetraphosphine, meso-bis[((diphenylphosphino)methyl)phenylphosphino]methane (dpmppm), afforded the mononuclear Pd II complexes [PdCl(dpmppm-κ 3 )]X (X = Cl (1a), PF 6 (1b)); the pincer-type dpmppm ligand coordinates to the Pd atom with two outer and one inner phosphorus atom to form fused six-and four-membered chelate rings. The remaining inner phosphine is uncoordinated and readily reacts with [Cp*MCl 2 ] 2 to give the heterodimetallic complexes [PdCl-(Cp*MCl 2 )(μ-dpmppm-κ 3 ,κ 1 )]X (X = Cl, M = Rh (21a), Ir (21b); X = PF 6 , M = Rh (23a), Ir (23b)). Attachment of the second metal fragment to the uncoordinated phosphine caused a crucial conformational change of the six-membered chelate ring from a stable chair conformation to a twist-boat structure, which concomitantly destabilizes the four-membered ring for its opening reactions. Complexes 21 (X = Cl) were converted to [PdCl 2 (Cp*MCl 2 )(dpmppmO)], in which the terminal P atom is dissociated and oxidized as Ph 2 P(O)CH 2 P(Ph)CH 2 P(Ph)CH 2 PPh 2 (dpmppmO), and in the presence of another 1 equiv of [Cp*M′Cl 2 ] 2 , complexes 21 were readily transformed into the heterotrinuclear complexes [PdCl 2 (Cp*M′Cl 2 )(Cp*MCl 2 )(μdpmppm-κ 2 ,κ 1 ,κ 1 )] (M = M′ = Rh (31a), Ir, (31b); M = Ir, M′ = Rh (31c)), where the third metal M′ is trapped by the terminal P atom with its four-membered-ring opening. Complexes 23 also reacted with another 1 equiv of [Cp*M′Cl 2 ] 2 to afford the heterotrinuclear complexes [PdCl(μ-Cl)(Cp*M′Cl)(Cp*MCl 2 )(μ-dpmppm-κ 2 ,κ 1 ,κ 1 )]PF 6 (M = M′ = Rh (32a), Ir, (32b); M = Ir, M′ = Rh (32c), M = Rh, M′ = Ir (32d)); the additional metal M′ is ligated by the terminal phosphine and is further connected to the Pd atom via a chloride bridge, resulting in a rather electron-deficient M′ center on the basis of cyclic voltammetry. These results exhibited that the addition of a bulky metal fragment to the uncoordinated phosphine of 1 brings about a conformational switch around the Pd center to promote the ring-opening reaction of the four-membered chelate ring, which leads to an incorporation of the third metal fragment to construct heterotrinuclear structures.